Untethering Educational Leadership

Chenwei Ma, Roger C. Shouse

Untethering Educational Leadership
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
20 December 2023
Pages
124
ISBN
9781032723624

Untethering Educational Leadership

Chenwei Ma, Roger C. Shouse

Lingdao, the Chinese word for leadership, is rarely used to denote acts of social persuasion that occur outside of contexts of formal rank or status. However, the ubiquity of informal leadership in China raises a number of practical and theoretical questions.

Based on an analysis of selected Chinese cinematic works depicting settings of educational practice and policy, the book explores how "Western" understandings of leadership emerge from these texts to form discursive media for social change. It also offers a new understanding of lingdao and leadership; how they represent a natural human desire, regardless of formal rank or position, to mobilize collective will, change minds, and achieve social change.

The book will be of interest to professional scholars and graduate students of Chinese culture, educational leadership, mass media, and popular culture.

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